VANGUARD Sailing on-water skills checkout (Part 3 of 3)

The on-water skills checkout consists in the demonstration of safety sailing and capsize recovery. Experienced club members will be on hand to review capsize procedures, to assess your competency in launching, landing, on-water handling, and capsize recovery.  Members are expected to complete Parts 1 and 2 prior to attending this skills checkout.

Prerequisite:

• Sailing Orientation & Rigging Clinic (Part 1 & 2) for the same vessel. 

Tasks

• Transport craft to water
• Controlled launch (install centerboard, deploy and lock rudder(s) while maintaining some semblance of course control and stability)
• Stay near shore
• Maintain a heading
• Tack
• Gybe
• Figure 8
• Man over board rescue
• Heave to
• Capsize and recover
• Controlled landing (low speed, retract board(s), unlock rudder(s), boat into irons in standing depth, no boat contact with bottom or shore
• Return craft to de-rig location

Check out the rigging and sailing instructions in the Vanguard Manual that can be found on Club Locarno website under Sailing Club Documents.